Hand-mangle.



No. 672,583. Patented Anr. 23. I90". W. H. ANDERSON.

H A N D M A N G L E.

(Application filed Jan. 10. 1901.)

(No Model.)

FIG. 2.

m7/zesses' UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ANDERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAND-MANGLE.

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 672,583, dated April 23, 1901. Application filed January 10. 1901. Serial No. 42,766. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. ANDERSON,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Mangles, of which the following is a specification. v This invention relates to a hand-mangle I more mparticularlydesigned for smoothing worn andwrinkled ribbons, though the mangle may also be used for other purposes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aperspective View of my improved hand-,

' mangle. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in sec.-

tion, thereof; and Fig, 3, a section on line 3 3, Fig. 2. I

The mangle is composed, essentially, of a pair of rollers a b, which are pressed against one another by'springs and of which the larger roller a serves for the reception of the ribbons to be smoothened, while the smaller roller 1) serves as a tension device to bear against such ribbons. The rollers a b are surrounded by textile coverings a b, of which the covering a is extended to project beyond the roller and form a loose flap or apron 0?, that I guides the ribbon A evenly onto the roller.

At each end the rollers a b are lnortised for the reception of the inwardly-bent ends of a U-shaped spring-arm 0, around which the rollers are revoluble, said arm having, preferably, a pair of coils c to increase its resiliency. The upper bent ends of the arms 0 are received within mortises formed in the side of a-rod d, to which they are held by plugs d. The tenoned end 6 of a handle 6 is removably secured to the rod (1 by a pin a.

' In use the ribbon to be mangled is placed upon the apron ar against the roller (1, and by pushing the apparatus over the surface of a table or other support B the ribbon will be rolled tightly upon the roller a, while the roller 1) will prevent the wound-up ribbon from becoming slack. Thus after the ribbon has been allowed to remain upon the apparatus for a short time it will become effectively smoothened out.

To ship the apparatus, the handle .e is detached from the rod 61, the plugs d are Withdrawn to disconnect the springs o, and the latter are drawn out of the rollers a; b. In this Way the entire apparatus may be packed within a small compass.

What I claim is 1. A hand-mangle composed of a handle, a

-rnortised rod, a pair of U-shaped spring-arms entering the same, plugs for securing said arms to the rod, and a pair of rollers revolubly connected to said arms, substantially as WILLIAM H. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SCHULZ, F. v. BRIESEN. 

